Rear Shock Adjustment

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canyon1

Discussion Starter · Apr 12, 2012

For those of you who have not figured out how to adjust the rear shock yet, here's how I did it and it's very easy.
Remove the upper belt guard and you have a clear shot to the adjustment holes. Using your adjustment tool (the dealer gave you one with the bike, didn't he?) insert it into the holes with the handle extension in place. I used a wood chisel inserted in the extension handle for additional leverage. Push away from you to soften the shock and pull toward you to stiffen the shock. If you want to stiffen it, it may help to jack up the rear wheel to take some of the load off it. The dealer where I bought it couldn't figure out how to do it. He said to bring it back when I needed a new rear tire and they could adjust it for me then. I guess they were just not familiar with the Stryker. Livin' & Learnin'.

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muskie

· #61 · Jan 15, 2015

For solo riding, what do people have the shock set at? I am about 250 lbs with gear on.

BillyD66

· #62 · Jan 15, 2015

Been a while but I think I added 2 notches from the factory setting. I'm 180 and sometimes have my teenage daughters as passengers and it is fine. They are about 100lbs.

I also did this before swapping to the 240 so not sure how easy it would be to do now.

mikoloe

· #63 · Jan 15, 2015

muskie said:
For solo riding, what do people have the shock set at? I am about 250 lbs with gear on.

Just break out your tool and with your left hand drink a beer. With your right, keep pushing that tool all the way to the right in a perpetual motion until you hear a thunk. If you hear a thunk start over and stop just before the thunk. If I am telling you wrong, switch hands, start over and change direction.

27193

· #64 · Jan 15, 2015

mikoloe said:
Just break out your tool and with your left hand drink a beer. With your right, keep pushing that tool all the way to the right in a perpetual motion untill you hear a thunk. If you hear a thunk start over and stop just before the thunk. If I am telling you wrong, switch hands, start over and change direction.

After all that I'd be on at least my second beer!

mikoloe

· #65 · Jan 16, 2015

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· #66 · Jan 17, 2015

muskie said:
For solo riding, what do people have the shock set at? I am about 250 lbs with gear on.

190 lbs plus gear, 240 tire and lowered 1 1/2". I set it at notch 8.

27193

· #67 · Jul 4, 2015

Second easiest adjustment I have done! She likes it hard! #9 for 435lbs

mikoloe

· #68 · Jul 7, 2015

slick said:
Second easiest adjustment I have done! She likes it hard! #9 for 435lbs

Ok, how many beers (drinks) did it take you. well worth adjusting!

27193

· #69 · Jul 7, 2015

mikoloe said:
Ok, how many beers (drinks) did it take you. well worth adjusting!

Two! One when I got the tools and one more when I went to get the pipe for leverage walked past the cooler anyhow

, took less than five minutes to actually adjust it.

fuman

· #70 · Jul 15, 2015

I can access mine without removing belt guard. come in from left side to lower shock tension and come in from right side to raise it.
its literally a 1-2 minute adjustment if your hands aren't too big

B-Rad

· #71 · Aug 6, 2015

What size spanner wrench do I need. 1/2 to 2" work??

Adrenaline Revolution

· #72 · Aug 6, 2015

B-Rad said:
What size spanner wrench do I need. 1/2 to 2" work??

You need the shock wrench (Spanner) that came with your bike's tool kit.

DraEagWol

· #73 · Apr 29, 2017

Here's a Quick Video on how to easily adjust your rear shock with just your hand,... Enjoy! lol - (sry no beer in the video Mikoloe !)

https://youtu.be/hXJVB4bxkLo

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Draeger

· #74 · Apr 30, 2017

DraEagWol said:
Here's a Quick Video on how to easily adjust your rear shock with just your hand,... Enjoy!

Clever... and thanks for the video!

mazilla

· #75 · May 27, 2017 (Edited)

So I tried to adjust with my hands and no luck. This was my third time trying to adjust that mofo. I rode down to the dealership today and was not able to find the oem adjustment tool so I bought a double sided tool that ended up being way too long. I had to cut the tool in half and then weld on a piece of steel at a 90 degree angle. After I jacked the bike up AND removed the dog bones AND sprayed everything with wd40 I was finally able to adjust the spring three turns tighter(using one hand to crank and the other to hold the tooth in the notch) before the tooth on the end of the wrench broke off...notch 7 it is!

The "5 minute" job only took me 2 hours of wrenching, 2 hours of riding and $12.

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gerdawg

· #76 · May 27, 2017

mazilla said:
So I tried to adjust with my hands and no luck. This was my third time trying to adjust that mofo. I rode down to the dealership today and was not able to find the oem adjustment tool so I bought a double sided tool that ended up being way too long. I had to cut the tool in half and then weld on a piece of steel at a 90 degree angle. After I jacked the bike up AND removed the dog bones AND sprayed everything with wd40 I was finally able to adjust the spring three turns tighter(using one hand to crank and the other to hold the tooth in the notch) before the tooth on the end of the wrench broke off...notch 7 it is!

The "5 minute" job only took me 2 hours of wrenching, 2 hours of riding and $12.

Id think lowered vines would be impossible to adjust because the shock is always compressed. Man that sounds like fun. They call for a battery denial in the official Yamaha repair manual...i used to adjust all the time from the side of the bike no problems.

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